Ecuador's energy policy mix: Development versus conservation and nationalism with Chinese loans

Energy Policy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-159

  Escribano, Gonzalo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Mediterranean and Arab World Program   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Development; Resource nationalism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; OIL PRODUCERS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE NATIONALISM; RESOURCE-RICH; SHORT TERM;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY POLICY;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY POLICY; NATIONALISM; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84876305219     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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